Church Hist. Forms: (see quots.). [f. as next + -ISM.] The religious doctrines or tenets advocated or propagated by Wycliffe, or held by his followers.
1675. in S. Knight, Life J. Colet (1724), 267. To prevent the Growth of Wicklivism.
1732. Neal, Hist. Purit., I. 4. Urban … writ to young King Richard II. … to put a stop to the Progress of Wickliffism.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., II. 145. Wickliffism took shelter in Wales, when it was persecuted in England.
1814. W. Wilson, Hist. Dissent. Churches, IV. 487. He passed a law, making the profession of Wickliffism a capital offence.
1861. Goldw. Smith, Inaugural Lect., 37. England … has not been the parent of great religious movements, excepting Wycliffism.
1884. Brit. & For. Evang. Rev., Oct., 620. John Stokes pronounced Hus’s doctrines to be pure Wyclifism.
